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is a Japanese rock

Rock music

Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...

band, formed by Ryota Fujimaki, Keisuke Maeda and Osamu Jinguji in 2000.

History

Remioromen was formed in December 2000 with their current three person line up. They say that the name of the band has no real significance and was instead the result of wordplay. On November 25 of 2003 they did their first one-man live at Shibuya-AX

Shibuya-AX

Shibuya-AX is a concert hall in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan, near the Yoyogi National Gymnasium.It is the only purpose-built concert hall or "live house" in the Tokyo metropolitan area that can accommodate 1,500 people...

. Since their inception the band has been steadily climbing to the top of the Oricon charts. For the release of Sangatsu Kokonoka (3月9日) (March 9) they returned to their home town in the Yamanashi Prefecture to perform live in their old school's gymnasium. In 2005 Sangatsu Kokonoka was used in a choral arrangement for the drama Ichi Rittoru no Namida (1 Litre Of Tears

1 Litre no Namida (TV series)

is a Japanese television drama for Fuji Television about a girl who was diagnosed with an incurable degenerative disease at 15, but was able to continue her life until her death at the age of 25.-Plot:...

) and Konayuki was used as the insert song. For the release of the single Sangatsu Kokonoka was included in an arrangement with a string quartet. This gained the band a great deal of popularity and Konayuki became one of the best selling singles of 2005. Their third album Horizon has had high sales, making it # 1 on the Oricon Album charts for three weeks.

The first track in their album Kaze no Chroma, entitled Tsubasa, was the ending theme in the movie Major: Yuujou no Winning Shot
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which was based on the hit baseball manga made by Takuya Mitsuda

Takuya Mitsuda

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Though Remioromen has never had a single rank at number 1, their recent releases have stayed on the charts for long periods of time and their overall sales have been quite high. Remioromen generally sticks to laid back pop/rock with catchy hooks.

In MTV Video Music Awards Japan

MTV Video Music Awards Japan

The MTV Video Music Awards Japan are the Japanese version of the MTV Video Music Awards.Like the MTV Video Music Awards in the United States, in this event artists are awarded for their songs and videos through online voting from the same channel viewers...

2006 (MTV VMAJ 2006) Remioromen Music Video "Konayuki" won The Best Pop Video Award.

Members

(b. January 12, 1980) is vocalist and plays guitar. (b. September 11, 1979) plays bass guitar

Bass guitar

The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....

. (b. March 5, 1980) plays drums

Drum kit

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Studio Albums

Album #	Album information	Weekly Albums Charts	Year-End Albums Charts	Tracklisting	Copies Sold
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Released: November 19, 2003
First Week Sales: 19,725
Chart Run: 65 weeks
Certification: Gold (RIAJ)

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Released: March 9, 2005
First Week Sales: 95,427
Chart Run: 71 weeks
Certification: Platinum (RIAJ)

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Released: May 17, 2006
First Week Sales: 320,255
Chart Run: 56 weeks
Certification: Double Platinum (RIAJ)

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Released: October 29, 2008
Oricon Weekly Ranking: #3
First Week Sales: 55,229
Chart Run: 21 weeks

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Released: March 3, 2010
First Week Sales: 52,950
Chart Run: Still Charting

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Compilation Albums

Album #	Album information	Weekly Albums Charts	Year-End Albums Charts	Tracklisting	Copies Sold
1st

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Released: March 9, 2009
First Week Sales: 280,599
Chart Run: 49 weeks

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Live Albums

Album #	Album information	Weekly Albums Charts	Year-End Albums Charts	Tracklisting	Copies Sold
1st	Flash and Gleam Released: November 1, 2006 First Week Sales: 51,318 Chart Run: 22 weeks Certification: Gold (RIAJ)	4	-		108,861

Singles

(21 May 2003) {#43 Oricon} (20 August 2003) {#29 Oricon} (9 March 2004) {#11 Oricon} (19 May 2004) {#17 Oricon} (12 January 2005) {#8 Oricon} (9 February 2005) {#9 Oricon} (12 October 2005) {#2 Oricon} (16 November 2005) {#2 Oricon} (1 March 2006) {#2 Oricon} (14 March 2007) {#3 Oricon}/RUN (9 May 2007) {#4 Oricon}

Wonderful & Beautiful (12 December 2007) {#3 Oricon}
Motto Tooku E (30 July 2008) {#6 Oricon}
Yume no Tsubomi (7 January 2009) {#3 Oricon}
Starting Over (15 July 2009) {#4 Oricon} (25 November 2009) {#10 Oricon} (28 July 2010) {#13 Oricon}

Digital Singles

Sakura (14 February 2009) (17 February 2010)
Your Song (19 January 2011)

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